I found some problems with gnome 3.10, so I want to downgrade to the 3.8.
My ubuntu versio is 13.10.
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Is it an Ubuntu version that came with Unity and you then installed Gnome or it is the Gnome Ubuntu version?
I wouldn't recommend to downgrade but yes to do the following:
sudo apt-get -f update
sudo apt get -f upgrade
sudo apt-get -f dist-upgrade
It will fix any problems you have, if you want Gnome and you installed it over Unity you may also want to clean install:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME
It is not a direct solution for your question but I hope it works.
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^ as above, i upgraded gnome to 3.10 from 3.8. i'm using ubuntu 13.10 (zorin distro).
the above suggestion:
sudo apt-get -f update
sudo apt get -f upgrade
sudo apt-get -f dist-upgrade
doesn't seem to work. i have also tried:
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging
sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-next
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
to no avail. any other suggestions?
as for the problem: after upgrading to 3.10 it all became a mess. desktop background greyed out, all icons disappeared. i don't recall what i typed in the terminal, i think "startx" and since then, i've been unable to log in. i get the same screen as i would if i had logged out, but my password no longer works. as guest log-in is disabled, i effectively have way to access the desktop.
i have a feeling that if i can access the desktop again i can tweak the desktop to the way it was before. reinstall is last resort -- any recommendations?
